X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,91d784c298e51a08,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,91d784c298e51a08,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,91d784c298e51a08,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-22 16:18:23 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: grimes@habitats.com (Carl Grimes) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk-line: Newbies and Codgers symbols Date: 22 Sep 1994 18:03:11 -0500 Organization: Healthy Habitats (R) Lines: 20 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <35t2ff$4pl@sashimi.wwa.com> References: <35s6fq$1r8@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sashimi.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1729 alt.ascii-art:12217 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1157 >Carl Grimes wrote: >>Internet Newbie is such a common term now that it ought to have a >>universally recognized symbol, either .sig sized or perhaps single line, like >>the smilies. Any ideas? boba@wwa.com (bBob Allison) responded: > How about :-? I think it's been used for a joke smiley, but it >might be a good one for newbies. God one, Bob! How about adding hair for (:-? >>As for Internet Codger [snip] > Hmmm ... that seems harder. Anybody? I can get the hair for academic codgers, need help with the rest: {:- Carl Grimes